According to the parts manual, the return fuel line began with Oct '67,
which means 1968 model year. Your 67.5, like mine, doesn't have a return
line. The metal return line is in two pieces. Number 64 in the diagram
is just a double-male connector between the two pieces.
Patrick wrote:
> I looked at your diagram of the fuel route. I am mystified as to
> what the contraption is number: 64? I do not recall a return line on
> my 67.5 2000 to the fuel tank.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 9:48 PM
> Subject: Re: SU-Solex conversion questions
>
>
> Daniel Neuman wrote:
>
> > 1. There does not appear to be a provision for
> the return fuel line
> > on my 69. Was this jsut a smog engine only thing??
>
> I don't think Solexes used the return line. Look at
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Images/11A-2.gif. My car is a
> '67, so I'm not
> speaking from experience here.
>
> > 2. What do I do with the crankcase breather hose??
> There is not a
> > port to hook it to in the aircleaner.
>
> There should be. Look at
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Images/9A-1.gif
>
> > 3. Whats the deal with the chokes on this car?? I
> have the dual
> > choke cabel from the su's but it appears that the solex's
> only use one??
>
> The Solexes had one straight cable that hooked up to both
> "starter circuits".
> You can probably fake something.
>
> > Took me 20 minutes to get the trans fill plug
> unscrewed... Somebody
> > had it so tight that I had to use vice grips and a 3 foot
> breaker bar to
> > loosen it..It was so tight it squeled when I loosened
> it... If i ever find
> > the 5 min oil change pump jockey with the air ratchet that
> did that....
>
> Here's a tip on the tranny plugs. Wrap some teflon plumber's
> tape around the
> threads before you reinstall the plug (or use the liquid
> teflon). Electrolysis
> between the steel plugs and the aluminum case can be a major
> pain, as you found
> out. One time I had the car 20 miles from home, up on a
> rental hoist. I had
> already drained the tranny and then couldn't get the fill
> plug out! DOH! Another
> guy had a big breaker bar and we got it loose, but I was
> starting to get
> worried.
>
> --
> Gordon Glasgow
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
>
>
>
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